Kit#21 Ervin Kalemi

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Ervin, what do you do?

I’m the founder & CEO of Kalemi Code_ a relatively new software development company in Tirana, Albania.

We currently have only one product, Publer, but very soon we will start working on other (social) apps.

What is your background?

I got my bachelor’s degree in computer science in 2012 from the University of Texas in Austin. After graduation, I worked as a software developer for a startup in Houston — Onit, Inc. — for 3 years before deciding to quit my job, leave the big American Dream, and move back home to tiny Albania to start my own venture.

We use Paddle for selling our software worldwide (subscription based). Paddle is the only payment gateway we have found that supports vendors in Albania. Stripe, Braintree and the other big guys don’t support us. With Paddle we can accept payments via PayPal, Credit Cards and just recently Apple Pay. It costs a little more than its competitors, but Paddle does all the tax handling & invoice processing for us, so the cost is justified.